Small Talk: Out of Genoa

[Capricasix]

2 hours ago, boes said:

This guy.  Matthew Goode 

If I remember correctly, he was in both the Imitation Game and played Mary's fiancee in Downton abbey.

Yeah, that’s him - he was also in The Crown, playing Princess Margaret’s husband Tony Armstrong-Jones.

[AngelKitty]

13 hours ago, boes said:

This guy.  Matthew Goode 

I hadn't seen him in anything else but he's in A Discovery of Witches.

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Edited July 26, 2019 by Cupid Stunt

[valleycliffe]

my daughter and grands came over yesterday morning to wish me a happy birthday and brought me flowers and cards..

i was telling teri about having to go see the dentist next weds. and showed her the bone coming thru my lower gums.   she laughed and said i was getting my baby teeth back...lol  don't i wish.

[boes]

12 minutes ago, valleycliffe said:

my daughter and grands came over yesterday morning to wish me a happy birthday and brought me flowers and cards..

i was telling teri about having to go see the dentist next weds. and showed her the bone coming thru my lower gums.   she laughed and said i was getting my baby teeth back...lol  don't i wish.

Happy Belated Birthday, Valleycliffe!  It sounds like you had a good one.

[peacheslatour]

Happy Belated, valley! It's always better with the kids. I bet you had a wonderful day.

[valleycliffe]

yes i did.  kids gave me casino cash in the cards so it was a free day.

hubby drove me to casino but before he dropped me off we went for a birthday lunch...i had a mcchicken meal and he had a 1/4 pounder w/ch.

picked up a crab on the way home and had that and a salad for dinner...yummy.  but no cake 😞

Edited July 26, 2019 by valleycliffe

[PatsyandEddie]

Happy Birthday valley! 🎁🥳

[OhioSongbird]

Happy Birthday!

29, right?

[valleycliffe]

28 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

Happy Birthday!

29, right?

close.  it's 23.  everyone in my family knows that...now u do too 🤣

[Cupid Stunt]

Missed your birthday? Rats! …

Mazel Tov, Valley!

[valleycliffe]

3 minutes ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Missed your birthday? Rats! …

Mazel Tov, Valley!

works for me..  cheers 🍾🍷

[Cupid Stunt]

Excellent!

I'll find a stale birthday cake and we'll crash the very reasonable We Love Sharon cocktail party at Getting to Genoa You! Nothing I like better than a good earrings throwdown to make a belated birthday memorable.

[peacheslatour]

2 hours ago, Cupid Stunt said:

Excellent!

I'll find a stale birthday cake and we'll crash the very reasonable We Love Sharon cocktail party at Getting to Genoa You! Nothing I like better than a good earrings throwdown to make a belated birthday memorable.

I thought it was a We Hate Sharon party?

[valleycliffe]

why does my cake have to be stale?

i'd rather have long john's

[OhioSongbird]

Fish or underwear?

[Cupid Stunt]

2 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

I thought it was a We Hate Sharon party?

Pearlite is being civilized about Sharon's character as described by Sharon fangirls … Y'gotta draw the line somewhere.

1 hour ago, valleycliffe said:

why does my cake have to be stale?

It's a belated birthday party ...

Alright, fine … I'll buy something fresh.

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i'd rather have long john's

22 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

Fish or underwear?

<snerk>

[Snaporaz]

Happy birthweek, @valleycliffe!

[FairyDusted]

Happy Belated Birthday @valleycliffe! Ahhhh to be 23 again! Have an extra shot for me!

[Petunia13]

14 hours ago, valleycliffe said:

yes i did.  kids gave me casino cash in the cards so it was a free day.

hubby drove me to casino but before he dropped me off we went for a birthday lunch...i had a mcchicken meal and he had a 1/4 pounder w/ch.

picked up a crab on the way home and had that and a salad for dinner...yummy.  but no cake 😞

Footage of what happened to @valleycliffe cake 

casino? I hope you won!!! 🤗 it sounds like you had a wonderful day, almost as awesome as you. 

@Cupid Stunt it doesn’t seem real Tom Petty is gone. That hit me hard since I didn’t expect it. Into the Great Wide Open is easily one of my favorite songs and he has such an earnestness, maybe that’s naive or corny to say. 

[Cupid Stunt]

4 hours ago, Petunia13 said:

@Cupid Stunt it doesn’t seem real Tom Petty is gone. That hit me hard since I didn’t expect it. Into the Great Wide Open is easily one of my favorite songs and he has such an earnestness, maybe that’s naive or corny to say. 

There's nothing corny about your assessment. It's true. It's what I love about his music. Tom Petty and Heartbreakers were this raw band from a rough town in Florida. With crunchy heartland rock guitars, biting lyrics, unique cord progressions and driving beat, they became one of the best selling music acts of all time (per Billboard).

His death by accidental overdose was a reminder of how he never was done with his addiction to opiates  a companion through out his adult life.

The Rolling Stone article glosses over and reshuffles (as the Petty family went to great lengths to dismiss) most of Petty's addiction history; he was a longtime drug user until the end. What is unconscionable was his being prescribed narcotics for a hip fracture as an active drug addict, all to fulfill a contractual obligation with the 40th Anniversary Tour of The Heartbreakers. 

Petty was found to have died from mixed drug toxicity, a combination of fentanyl, oxycodone, acetylfentanyl and despropionyl fentanyl (all opioids); temazepam and alprazolam (both sedatives); and citalopram (an antidepressant) in his system at the time of his death. No criminal charges were ever made against the prescribing physicians. 

[valleycliffe]

13 hours ago, OhioSongbird said:

Fish or underwear?

donuts

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[jpagan05]

Yay! Congrats @Petunia13 I keep thinking about getting a supplementary serving job. I used to love the camaraderie and always having some cash in my pocket.

I got this recipe from the NY Times and it was really easy and delicious so I thought I'd share. Site wouldn't let me post as a pdf so I had to screen shoot it. I don't have a lot of confidence cooking meat unless it braised or slow cooked. I haven't eaten it in 30 years and I believe you should always taste your food while cooking. This sounded great and the chances of giving hubs salmonella seemed slim to none (I haven't poisoned him yet).

Bear with me, I used mango instead of peaches because our tree is going off. I doubled the basil, garlic and ginger; added a shallot; used port cos that's what I had and let the chicken marinate in the fridge for a few hours. After roasting, I poured the sauce and fond in a small pot, added a little stock and a pat of butter and reduced it. It smelled fantastic. Hubs had it over jasmine rice.

[OhioSongbird]

Damn...that sounds good!  You two are our opposites.  Hubby went off meat 6-7 yrs ago but they will have to pry my steak knife from my cold dead fingers.  I cook about 75% vegetarian but have my meat during the week on the side.  When boychild comes down all bets are off, it's meat central...with plenty of sides of course for hubby.

Been craving a chicken and going to give that a try.

[jpagan05]

On 7/26/2019 at 3:44 AM, Cupid Stunt said:

New York thrift store find turns out to be valuable Egon Schiele drawing

This kind of stuff gets me excited and jealous. We get some fun and weird things at the consignment store where I work but I haven't found my retirement piece yet.

 

I bought this for myself for my birthday mainly because I love green, I got married at the Flamingo, it was original and it was about $42 with my discount. With a little light googling I found out the artist was Haitian and died in the 80s. I think it's worth about $1500. I wish I could find out more about the artist.

[peacheslatour]

3 minutes ago, jpagan05 said:

This kind of stuff gets me excited and jealous. We get some fun and weird things at the consignment store where I work but I haven't found my retirement piece yet.

 

I bought this for myself for my birthday mainly because I love green, I got married at the Flamingo, it was original and it was about $42 with my discount. With a little light googling I found out the artist was Haitian and died in the 80s. I think it's worth about $1500. I wish I could find out more about the artist.

Yay, another green lover.  Sadly, being blond, I can't wear it or everything I own would be green.

Edited July 27, 2019 by peacheslatour

[jpagan05]

15 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

Damn...that sounds good!  You two are our opposites.  Hubby went off meat 6-7 yrs ago but they will have to pry my steak knife from my cold dead fingers.  I cook about 75% vegetarian but have my meat during the week on the side.  When boychild comes down all bets are off, it's meat central...with plenty of sides of course for hubby.

Been craving a chicken and going to give that a try.

@OhioSongbird My hubs eats zero vegetables except potatoes. It's a wonder he's alive. Does he eat fish? I still eat fish. 

[OhioSongbird]

I'm surprised as greens and blues are perfect for blondes.  Kelly green is wonderful.  Stay with the cool shades.  I've dressed a few 1000 women over the years.  I wish I lived close...we'd go shopping!

eta:  Yes he does.  Loves salmon, shrimp, catfish, walleye etc.  He does have one occasional meat indulgence.  A small local grocery makes the best fried/broasted chicken.  About once a month we will get that.

Edited July 27, 2019 by OhioSongbird
..saw the question too late...

[jpagan05]

4 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Yay, another green lover.  Sadly, being blond, I can't wear it or everything I own would be green.

I have the ginge gene (dad is red head; mine is reddish brown going grey) so I do own a lot of green. You probably look fab in red, which is tough for me.

[peacheslatour]

21 minutes ago, jpagan05 said:

I have the ginge gene (dad is red head; mine is reddish brown going grey) so I do own a lot of green. You probably look fab in red, which is tough for me.

I used to wear a lot of red (with red lipstick, natch) now I find I look best in chocolate brown, silvery plum and the  expected blue. During the nineties I went full Julia Roberts with a long auburn spiral perm and then I wore a lot of green. I loved it. Wow, I would love to go shopping with you!

[jpagan05]

16 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

I used to wear a lot of red (with red lipstick, natch) now I find I look best in chocolate brown, silvery plum and the  expected blue. During the nineties I went full Julia Roberts with a long auburn spiral perm and then I wore a lot of green. I loved it. Wow, I would love to go shopping with you!

I used to do the same! I loved being auburn and I still love lipstick. I just bought a cheap 90s mat brown that I'm loving. 

I am trying so hard to embrace my natural color and be graceful about aging. I've lost a lot of my hair in my current perimenopause  so I can't wear it long anymore. It's very depressing but I have a great hairdresser who knows me and always gives me a fun haircut that suits my personality. 

Let's grab @OhioSongbird and go shopping!!

[jpagan05]

We can go for Mai Tais after.

[peacheslatour]

1 minute ago, jpagan05 said:

We can go for Mai Tais after.

Is there brandy in a Mai Tai?

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I am trying so hard to embrace my natural color and be graceful about aging.

Yeah, I had to give up the auburn when my hair started going white. I wish I had the guts to leave it natural but there's still enough auburn with the white that it would look silly. So I went Champagne blond so I wouldn't have to color it so often.

[jpagan05]

5 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Is there brandy in a Mai Tai?

Yeah, I had to give up the auburn when my hair started going white. I wish I had the guts to leave it natural but there's still enough auburn with the white that it would look silly. So I went Champagne blond so I wouldn't have to color it so often.

Rum, no brandy, so maybe sangria instead? I like the idea of white and auburn. Sounds really funky. I try to set myself apart with my hair. It's hard to not look basic when you get older. I'm lucky that my work gets fun clothes that are affordable. 

[valleycliffe]

can i come too?

[jpagan05]

Yes, of course! The more the merrier. 

[peacheslatour]

9 minutes ago, valleycliffe said:

can i come too?

Wouldn't be a party without you!

[OhioSongbird]

Lunch is on me.  jpagan05 and I may be looking for the same stuff as I am a auburn ginger going grey, too.  😉  Hey, happens to the best of us.

And I need a haircut.  My hair is almost to my waist again....it grows fast so I'm ready for Locks of Love.  Be my 4th time.  

[jpagan05]

4 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

Lunch is on me.  jpagan05 and I may be looking for the same stuff as I am a auburn ginger going grey, too.  😉  Hey, happens to the best of us.

And I need a haircut.  My hair is almost to my waist again....it grows fast so I'm ready for Locks of Love.  Be my 4th time.  

Holy moly! Lucky you❤️

[valleycliffe]

17 minutes ago, OhioSongbird said:

Lunch is on me.  jpagan05 and I may be looking for the same stuff as I am a auburn ginger going grey, too.  😉  Hey, happens to the best of us.

And I need a haircut.  My hair is almost to my waist again....it grows fast so I'm ready for Locks of Love.  Be my 4th time.  

my daughter did a balding for dollars.  it went to cancer fund.  her boss at the time did it and it raised quite  a bit of money

[peacheslatour]

28 minutes ago, valleycliffe said:

my daughter did a balding for dollars.  it went to cancer fund.  her boss at the time did it and it raised quite  a bit of money

Good on her. That's amazing.

[Lugal]

3 hours ago, jpagan05 said:

On 7/26/2019 at 6:44 AM, Cupid Stunt said:

New York thrift store find turns out to be valuable Egon Schiele drawing

This kind of stuff gets me excited and jealous. We get some fun and weird things at the consignment store where I work but I haven't found my retirement piece yet.

The thrift store in my town once got an old book that turned out to be the minutes for a French town dating back to the 1700s.  They contacted the town and returned it.  A lucky friend of mine bought a $5 bracelet for his wife that turned out to be a diamond tennis bracelet.

[jpagan05]

1 hour ago, Lugal said:

The thrift store in my town once got an old book that turned out to be the minutes for a French town dating back to the 1700s.  They contacted the town and returned it.  A lucky friend of mine bought a $5 bracelet for his wife that turned out to be a diamond tennis bracelet.

Cool! Especially that they returned it. It's getting harder to find hidden treasures now that we have the interwebs. We try to do our due diligence where I work but it's time-consuming. It also depends on where you're shopping. Honestly I have little patience when someone whips a loop out of their pocket and wants to see one hundred pieces of jewelry while haggling and asking for our wifi password. I find it garish and discourteous. It's a consignment store, not a rummage sale and the consignor only gets 40% of the sale. 

[AngelKitty]

11 hours ago, jpagan05 said:

Yes, of course! The more the merrier.

That's good because I want to come too. I think I'm going to need a wedding dress because I finally decided Mr. AngelKitty should get married. We've been together for over 20 years but I never wanted to marry since I had been married before and still pretty much lost everything so when Mr. A and I moved in together I had everything in my name, the house, and cars because I was not going to walk away with nothing ever again. But now I think my cancer might be back and I'm thinking if anything happens to me, he'll be better off financially if we get married even though he's in my will.

[OhioSongbird]

I pray the cancer has not returned. 

20 yrs...about damn time!  (channeling my MIL..loved her).  I've seen many nasty divorces in my life and you were smart to have everything in your name.  Mr. Angel sounds like a keeper.  Congratulations!

[boes]

2 hours ago, AngelKitty said:

That's good because I want to come too. I think I'm going to need a wedding dress because I finally decided Mr. AngelKitty should get married. We've been together for over 20 years but I never wanted to marry since I had been married before and still pretty much lost everything so when Mr. A and I moved in together I had everything in my name, the house, and cars because I was not going to walk away with nothing ever again. But now I think my cancer might be back and I'm thinking if anything happens to me, he'll be better off financially if we get married even though he's in my will.

Congratulations on your wedding, but most of all, congratulations on you and Mr. AngelKitty finding each other and making it work.

I'm so sorry to hear that your cancer might be back, so very very sorry.  I wish there was something appropriate to say......  If you want to, use this place to vent, laugh, anything and I know we'll be here for you in whatever small way we can.

[AngelKitty]

Thanks, everyone for the well wishes. I probably shouldn't have said anything until I know, but it's been on my mind for a while and I just told Mr. A on Tuesday so he told me to "call the doctor right now." And I did. Saw her on Thursday and told her my suspected symptoms and she set up an "ASAP" PET scan which is scheduled for Tuesday. Then I go on Wednesday for the results.

The truth is I don't want to tell my other family members until I know the results. I don't want to cause worry until necessary. But I'm starting to obsess by looking up survival statistics and possible future treatments since I've already had chemo twice so I feel I need someplace to vent and I knew I could count on you preverts. 😁

[OhioSongbird]

We're here, babe.....

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